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1) Automate the boring stuff with Python: practical programming for total beginners

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Sweigart, Al

Publisher

No Starch Press

Language

English

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If you've ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do them for you. In this fully revised second edition of the best-selling classic Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, you'll learn how to use Python to write programs that do in minutes what would take you hours to do by hand--no prior programming experience required. You'll...

2) Invent your own computer games with Python

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Sweigart, Al

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English

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"Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python" teaches you computer programming in the Python programming language. Each chapter gives you the complete source code for a new game and teaches the programming concepts from these examples.

3) Beyond the basic stuff with Python: best practices for writing clean code

Author

Sweigart, Al

Publisher

No Starch Press

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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"A guide for programmers who already are familiar with the Python programming language that explains how to make code more understandable to other programmers, addresses Python conventions and best practices, and teaches how to use object-oriented programming strategies"--

4) Scratch programming playground: learn to program by making cool games

Author

Sweigart, Al

Publisher

No Starch Press

Pub. Date

[2016]

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English

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An introduction to the colorful drag-and-drop programming language shares numerous projects that use engaging video games, from Maze Runner to Breakout, to introduce programming fundamentals and basic coding. --Publisher

5) Cracking codes with Python: an introduction to building and breaking ciphers

Author

Sweigart, Al

Publisher

No Starch Press

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

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"Presents a crash course in Python programming, followed by instructions for making, testing, and hacking classic cipher programs, from the Caesar cipher to public key cryptography and the RSA cipher"--

6) The big book of small Python projects: 81 easy practice programs

Author

Sweigart, Al

Publisher

No Starch Press

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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"If you've mastered basic Python syntax and you're ready to start writing programs, you'll find The Big Book of Small Python Projects both enlightening and fun. This collection of 81 Python projects will have you making digital art, games, animations, counting pro- grams, and more right away. Once you see how the code works, you'll practice re-creating the programs and experiment by adding your own custom touches. These simple, text-based programs...

7) The recursive book of recursion: ace the coding interview with Python and JavaScript

Author

Sweigart, Al

Publisher

No Starch Press

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

8) Coding with Minecraft: build taller, farm faster, mine deeper, and automate the boring stuff

Author

Sweigart, Al

Publisher

No Starch Press, Inc

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

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"A guide to using ComputerCraft and the Lua programming language to automate bots in Minecraft. This book teaches computer science and programming basics and transforms Minecraft from just a video game into an educational tool"--